THE ROYAL FAMILY

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Elizabeth II Born 21 April 1926 Elizabeth became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon . Her reign of 61 years is currently the second longest for a British monarch; only Queen Victoria, her great-great grandmother, has reigned longer, at over 63 years. Elizabeth was born in London and educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne as George VI in 1936 on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, from which time she was the heir presumptive In 1947, she married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, with whom she has four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward .

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Prince Edward Born 10 March 1964 He is the third son and fourth (and youngest) child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is now eighth in the line of succession. Edward was educated privately at Buckingham Palace. At the age of seven, Edward was sent to Gibbs School before attending, in September 1972, Heatherdown Preparatory School, near Ascot. The Prince met Sophie Rhys-Jones, then a public relations executive with her own firm, in 1994. Their engagement was announced on 6 January 1999. Edward proposed to Sophie with an Asprey and Garrard engagement ring worth an estimated £105,000: a two-carat oval diamond flanked by two heart-shaped gemstones set in 18-carat white gold.

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Prince Andrew Born 19 February 1960 He is the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is currently fifth in line of succession. He also holds the actual rank of commander and the honorary rank of rear admiral in the Royal Navy, in which he served as an active duty helicopter pilot and later instructor in helicopter flight In 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson; the couple's marriage, subsequent separation and eventual divorce in 1996 attracted a high level of media coverage

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1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997 Born 14 November 1948 He is the eldest child and heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the first wife of Charles. In 1981, They were married and had two sons, Prince William (born 1982), and Prince Harry (born 1984). In 1996, the couple divorced, following well-publicised extra-marital affairs. The following year, the Princess of Wales died in a car crash. Prince Charles Diana

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Prince Henry Born 15 September 1984 He is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and his first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. His paternal grandparents are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He stands fourth in line to succeed his grandmother as monarch of the Commonwealth realms. Diana wanted Harry and his older brother William to have a broader range of experiences than previous royal children and took both to venues that ranged from Disney World and McDonald's to AIDS clinics and shelters for the homeless.

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Prince Henry After an education at schools in the United Kingdom and spending parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho, Harry chose a military career, undergoing officer training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry Regiment—serving temporarily with his brother—and completed his training as a tank commander.

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Prince William Born 21 June 1982 He is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and his first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. His paternal grandparents are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is second in line to succeed his grandmother, after his father Prince William married Catherine Middleton, on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey. Hours prior to the event, Buckingham Palace announced that he would be created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus. Their first child, Prince George of Cambridge, was born on 22 July 2013.

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Prince William After completing his studies at Eton, the Prince took a gap year, during which he took part in British Army training exercises in Belize, worked in English dairy farms, visited Africa, and for ten weeks taught children in southern Chile Having decided to follow a military career, in October 2005 William attended the four-day Regular Commissions Board at Westbury in Wiltshire where he underwent selection to judge his suitability to become an army officer. Having passed selection, William went up to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in January 2006.

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Catherine She is the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Born 9 January 1982 Catherine has had a major impact upon British fashion which has been termed the "Kate Middleton effect", and in 2012 was selected as one of The 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine. The Duchess's paternal ancestors were from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Her paternal great-grandmother, Olive, was a member of the Lupton family, who, for a number of generations, were woollen cloth merchants and manufacturers, active in civic affairs

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Prince George Born 22 July 2013 He is the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the only grandchild of the Prince of Wales. After his grandfather and father, he is third in line to succeed his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. The birth took place in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington—the same hospital in which Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, were born to Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1982 and 1984, respectively Prince George's paternal ancestors are royal and aristocratic. Through his paternal grandfather, Charles, Prince of Wales, he is a member of the House of Windsor.

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